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Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Purposedifferent
Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.
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Timedifferent
0.5-3 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaRAID Log, Status Report SourceKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan
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Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
KnowledgeMappingRisk
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Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming